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[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Isn't all pollen basically tree cum?

[-] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 21 points 3 months ago

No, it's genetically the offspring of the plant, and contains at least one non-reproductive cell. Pollen produces the male gametes, so the seeds created from it produce the 3rd generation of plant, genetically speaking. (1st gen is pollen producer, 2nd gen is pollen, 3rd gen is seed.) It's basically an ultra-minimal gametophyte stage.

[-] deltapi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

So it's tree...pre...cum? Wait, no, the tree is throwing his balls into the air, but he also grows more balls..?

Why did I even start typing today?

[-] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 6 points 3 months ago

Well, the pollen does grow an enormous (relatively) schlong to deliver its sperm into the stamen...

[-] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Trees are just inverted root systems

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 20 points 3 months ago

Yeah, but why does it sometimes smell like mammal cum?

[-] 7eter@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't know WHY. But the relevant tree is called (Götterbaum in German) or Tree of Heaven - beautiful

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Fucking hate trees of heaven, they should be called Trees from Hell. Invasive little shits grow everywhere

[-] MML@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That's a different tree, we have (because we plant it) the Callery pear which smells like sperm and a bloody nose combined, they chose it because of the root size and height and I guess they also couldn't smell.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Some trees are pollinated by beetles, flies, or other insects that might normally be attracted to rotting flesh. As a result, they often emit a more meaty odor. Why cum specifically I can't say but I think cum has certain organic molecules in common with dead things.

[-] MJKee9@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I almost did a joke re: dead things and sex, which was meant to be self depreciating.... But it kept sounding like i was stanning necrophilia. So here we are.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

Doesn't cum just smell like bleach or avocado? Nothing in particular?

[-] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 3 months ago

It definitely smells like salty bodily fluids.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My nose is not so good for that, so feel free to cum anywhere, I won't figure it out.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

That's the strangest invite to a bukkake party I've ever gotten. I'm down.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The bleachiness is in the nose, and it's flourine, which smells very like, but distinct to chlorine, which is in most bleaches.

You detect saltiness with your tongue, not your nose.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, it was very fucking salty, like chemical burn, unnatural saltiness.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've never had an avocado that smelt like bleach. Are they supposed to smell like that?

[-] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I thought this for the longest time until I fell down a rabbit hole a while back. Pollen is literally the tree's offspring in the form of microscopic plants. When the flowers of a tree are fertilized, the pollen literally grow into the actual reproductive parts of the plant to begin the fertilization process.

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